Battle of Jellalabad

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Jellalabad
partof=First Anglo-Afghan War
date=12 November 1841 - 13 April 1842
place=North Eastern Afghanistan
result=British Victory
combatant1=flagicon|United Kingdom British Empire
The army of Shah Shuja
combatant2=Afghans and Ghilzai tribesmen
commander1=flagicon|United KingdomBrigadier Sir Robert Sale
commander2=Akbar Khan
strength1=1,500 Anglo-Indian troops
strength2=5,000 tribal warriors
casualties1=62 troops, including Colonel Dennie
casualties2=Unknown
The Battle of Jellalabad was an Afghan siege of the isolated British outpost at Jellalabad (now Jalalabad) about 80 miles (130 km) east of Kabul. The siege was lifted after five months when a British counterattack routed the Afghans, driving them back to Kabul.

The outpost was little more than a wide place in the road with a fort, held by about 2,000 troops under General Sir Robert Sale. After the "massacre" of the British force in Kabul, Jellallabad was surrounded by Afghan forces which launched a series of attacks on the force. The British managed to beat off the assaults, and even captured 300 sheep from the besieging force when rations ran short. Eventually, after five months under siege, Sale mounted an attack against the Afghan forces, captured their main camp, baggage, stores, guns, and horses and the Afghans fled to Kabul.

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* [http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Jellalabad,+Battle+of The Free Dictionary by Farlex]
* [http://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/siege-jellalabad.htm www.britishbattles.com]